David C. Grovic-RauenzahnThe Light of Gnosis, the Prism of Reason, and the Spectrum of Truth: A Dialectical Critique of Jeffrey Kripal's (Post)modern Gnosticism and Pure Rationalism in Religions Studies Adviser: Prof. Foat

Maria Rachel Hermsen One Hell of a Problem: An Analysis of the Discourse of Religion vs. Culture in Contemporary American Evangelicalism through the Lens of the Rob Bell Firestorm Adviser: Prof. Brashier

Gabriel Jon Quitslund Zen Master Dogen and the Tsiao-tung (Soto) Approach to Enlightenment Through Seated Meditation and Koan-Study: The Development of "The Koan of Realization" in relation to "Just Sitting" Adviser: Prof. Hsieh

1993-94

Laurence David Banks An Essay on English Catholicism from 1509 to 1603, and of the Effects of the Reformation and of the Counter Reformation thereon and an Explanation of its Continued Existence in the Face of Great Peril Adviser: Prof. Denning-Bolle